Record controlled test set and magazine therefor having frangible finger encoding means

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: (A) A RECORD-CONTROLLED TEST SET, (B) A MAGAZINE ARRANGED TO RECEIVE A PLURALITY OF MULTITERMINAL UNITS TO BE TESTED ELECTRICALLY, (C) SAID MAGAZINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONNECTIONS ARRANGED TO CONTACT THE RESPECTIVE TERMINALS OF SAID MULTITERMINAL UNITS TO BE TESTED, (D) SAID TEST SET HAVING A SOCKET ARRANGED TO RECEIVE SAID MAGAZINE SO THAT SAID MAGAZINE AND SAID TEST SET CAN BE PLUGGED TOGETHER AND SEPARATED, SAID TEST SET HAVING A FIRST PLURALITY OF FIXED CONTACTS ARRANGED TO CONTACT AUTOMATICALLY AND MATE WITH THE RESPECTIVE CONNECTIONS OF SAID MAGAZINE WHEN SAID TEST SET AND SAID MAGAZINE ARE PLUGGED TOGETHER, (E) SAID MAGAZINE FURTHER INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CONTACT MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTED CONTACT FINGERS EXTENDING THEREFROM, (F) SAID TEST SET ALSO HAVING A SECOND PLURALITY OF FIXED CONTACTS ARRANGED TO CONTACT AUTOMATICALLY AND MATE WITH THE RESPECTIVE CONTACT FINGERS OF SAID MAGAZINE WHEN SAID MAGAZINE AND SAID TEST SET ARE PLUGGED TOGETHER, (G) AT LEAT ONE OF SAID CONTACT FINGERS BEING FORMED WITH A FRANGIBLE AREA ADJACENT THE BASE THEREOF SUCH THAT SAID FINGER CAN BE MANUALLY BROKEN AWAY AT SAID FRANGIBLE AREA WITHOUT DAMAGE TO SAID MAGAZINE.